Ironing machine cabinet



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12 Claims.

This invention relates to improvements in ironing machine cabinets in which the ironing machine may be brought from a concealed inoperative position within the cabinet to an operative position in a plane above the cabinet.

An object of the invention is to provide a cabinet for an ironing machine which may readily be converted into a table when the ironing machine is not in use.

Another object is to provide a cabinet of the above-mentioned class having a cover which, when the ironer is in the inoperative position within the cabinet, it will assume a position over the cabinet at the desired height to be used as a table-top. Further objects are to provide a cabinet for ironing machines which is rigid, durable and economical in construction; that may be quickly and easily manipulated to move the ironing machine to and from the ironing position and to provide ample room between the cover member and ironing machine when in the open position to permit the ready dissipation of heat and the manipulation of the ironing machine and shoe release lever.

Other objects and advantages relating to the structure and form and relation of the parts thereof, will more readily appear from the following description taken in connection with the accompanying drawings in which;-

Figure 1 is a perspective view of my novel cabinet in the closed position adapted for use as a table.

Figure 2 is a perspective view of the cabinet shown in Figure 1 in the open position with the ironing machine in the operative-position.

Figure 3 is an end elevation of the cabinet as shown in Figure 1.

Figure 4 is a vertical transverse sectional view taken substantially in the plane of the line 4-4, Fi ure 1.

Figure 5 is a vertical longitudinal sectional view through the upper portion of the cabinet, with the cover and ironer support or platform in the open position and taken substantially in the plane of the line 5--5, Figure 2, with the ironer omitted.

Figure 6 is a fragmentary horizontal sectional view taken substantially ,in the plane of line G-S, Figure 5, with certain portions shown broken away to better disclose the underlying parts.

Figure 7 is a perspective view similar to Figure 1, illustrating a modified form of my ironing machine cabinet.

Figure 8 is a perspective view of the cover and supporting unit shown in Figure 7 and detached from the remainder of the cabinet.

Figure 9 is a fragmentary vertical transverse section through the upper portion of the cabinet, with the cover and supporting unit in the open position and taken substantially in the plane of the line 9-9, Figure 8.

The cabinet, as illustrated in the drawings, consists of a rectangular base or frame I open at its upper side. This frame I consists of a pair of .end frames 2 preferably stamped from sheet metal. Each frame 2 is formed with a pair of integral legs 3, while the end frames are joined together by a pair of :U-shaped tie'bars l and 5 arranged in vertical spaced relation. One of said bars as 4 is positioned at the upper end of the end frames, with the transverse portion 4' thereof extending across the front of the cabinet, while the other bar 5 is positioned in reverse relation some distance below the bar 4 with the extending across frames in any suitable manner as by spot-welding, riveting or the like.

To the upper portion of the base or frame I is secured a rod or shaft 8. This shaft 6 extends longitudinally of the frame I, with its ends secured in suitable alined openings 1 provided in each end frame 2 a short distance from the rear side of the frames. Pivotally mounted on the shaft 6 is a platform or baseboard 8 adapted to support an ironing machine as 9, Figures 2 and 4.

The platform 8, as illustrated in the drawings, is composed of a sheet metal stamping, rectangular in plan view and adapted to loosely fit in the opening II) at the upper side of the frame I.

The platform 8 has each end thereof provided with a pendent ear ll made integral therewith. These ears have an opening l2 in their outer end portions adapted to receive the shaft 6 therethrough for pivotally supporting the platform on said shaft. The ears are arranged at substan tially the same distance from the forward or lower edge of the platform that the rod 6 is from the front of the frame I so that when the platform is in a horizontal position, it will fill substantially the entire opening between the shaft l and the transverse portion 4 of the tie-bar 4, as shown by dotted lines in Figure 4.

The platform 8 extends rearwardly from the shaft 6 a distance somewhat greater than the distance between said shaft and the rear side of the frame I, and has secured to the outer edge thereof a cover l3 which may be secured to the platform 8 in any suitable manner as by angle brackets I4 positioned along the rear wall of the platform 8 at the adjoining surfaces of the cover and said platform.

The bracket l4 extends longitudinally of the platform 8 and may be secured to the platform and to the cover l3 in any suitable manner as by spot-welding. The cover l3 may be made of sheet metal stamping similar to the platform 8, is rectangular in plan view and is of substantially the same length and width as the frame l for completely covering said frame and opening 18 when in the closed position with the upper surface thereof formed substantially fiat and adapted. to be utilized as a table-top.

The platform 8 is joined with the cover l3 at a point some distance ahead of the vertical plane passing through the axis of the shaft 6 so as to form an obtuse angle between the platform 8 and cover l3 at the forward face of said platform, as illustrated more particularly in Figure 4.

The ironing machine 9, in this instance, is of the rotary type consisting of a base or gear case it which is secured to the platform 8 in any suitable manner and rotatably supports a roll I! at one side thereof, while a. shoe I8 is operably supported by the base I6 operative relation with the roll I! for movement towards and from said roll. A suitable shoe release lever I9 is associated with the shoe I 8 for manually releasing said shoe when in contact with the roll IT in any well-known manner when occasion may arise.

It will thus be seen that with the cover l3 secured to the outer or rear side of the platform 8 at an obtuse angle thereto, that a maximum amount of room is provided between the cover 13 and the shoe ill of the ironer 9 when the plat-- form 8 and ironer 9 are in the horizontal operative position to permit the free operation of the shoe i8 and release lever IS without danger of the operators hand coming in contact with the adjacent portion of the cover l3, and also to permit the ready dissipation of the heat and steam radiating from the shoe and roll. In other words, the joining of the platform 8 with the cover l3 intermediate thefront and rear sides of said cover and at an obtuse angle thereto causes the upper portion of the cover l3 to extend rearwardly from the cover B when the platform 8 is in the horizontal operative position at more than a 90 angle thereto, which construction positions the upper or forward end of the cover at a maximum distance from the ironing machine and thereby permits the ready escapement of the heat and steam from the ironer and ample room for operating the shoe release lever without danger of the operator coming in contact with the cover. Furthermore, this particular construction permits the positioning of the cover ill at the proper distance from the floor level for enabling the cover to be used as a table-top when in the closed position, and at the same time, provides for the ironing machine supporting platform 8 to be positioned in a plane below that of the table top when in the horizontal or operative position and I at a suitable distance from the floor for ironing.

,1 iv The platform 8 may be maintained in the horiner that when the cover I3 is in the closed position, the closure 22 will extend downwardly zontal or operative position in any suitable manner as by a spring-actuated pin 20 mounted on the transverse portion 4' of the upper tie-bar 4 and which has the inner end thereof adapted to extend inwardly beneath the lower or outer edge fro'm- .the cover and rest upon the upper edge of the'tie bar 4, and when the cover is in the open position, the closure 22 will swing inwardly and rest against the undersurface of the cover, as illustrated by dotted lines in Figure 4, and thereby consume a minimum amount of space and be positioned at a maximum distance from the ironing machine.

End closures 24 are also provided which, in this instance, are hingedly connected as at 25 to each end of the frame I in such a manner that when the platform 8 is in the horizontal or. operative position, the closures 24 will extend outwardly from the frame in substantially the same horizontal plane as that of the platform 8, and when the platform is in the inoperative position and the cover I3 is in the closed position, said closures will extend upwardly in vertical planes from the respective end frames 2, .with their upper or outer edgescontacting or substantially contacting with the lower face of the cover l3,

Any suitable means may be provided for causing the end closures 2| to move from the horizontal to the vertical position during the moving of the platform 8 from the operative to the inoperative position, and for this purpose, I have provided each closure with an operating arm.2'l which is connected to the bottom face of each closure substantially midway between the ends thereof, as illustrated more particularly in Figures 5 and 6. Each of these operating arms has the inner end extending some distance inwardly from the inner edge of the respective closures so that when the platform 8 is in the horizontalposition, said arms will extend beneath the platform for maintaining the closure in the horizontal position and also when the platform is moved from the operative to the inoperative position,

form of cover associated therewith. This cover may be provided at the rear of the platform 8 and which have one portion thereof secured in any suitablemanner to a respective end closure 38, as shown more particularly in Figures 8 and 9.

The cover 28 is mounted on the platform 8 at an obtuse angle thereto, and in order that the front closure 29 may not in any way interfere with the operation of the shoe release lever I9, I

have provided the closure 29 with a recess 33,

which extends inwardly from the outer edge thereof substantially midway between the ends of the closure, or in other words, in alinement with the release lever 19 when the cover is in the' open position and the platform in the operative position.

Although I have shown andparticularly described the preferred embodiment of my invention, I do not wish to be limited to the exact form and relation of the parts shown, as various changes may readily be made without departing from the spirit of this invention as set forth in the appended claims. a

I claim: 1. An ironing machine cabinet comprising a frame having an open top, a platform, a cover rigidly secured to the platform inwardly from the edge of the cover, and means supportably securing the platform and cover to the frame whereby the cover may be moved from a closed position over the frame opening, to an open position at one side thereof and the platform moving from a position within the frame to a horizontal position adjacent said opening.

2. An ironing machine cabinet comprising a frame having an open top, a platform, a cover rigidly secured to the platform at an angle thereto, and means pivotally securing the platform and cover to the frame whereby the cover may be swung from a closed position over the frame opening to an open position at one side thereof and the platform moved from a position within the frame to a horizontal position adjacent said opening, said means lying below the plane of the cover in itsclosed position.

. 3. An ironing machine cabinet comprising a frame having .an open top, a platform, a cover secured to the platform, and pivot means lying below the plane of the cover and securing the platform to the frame whereby the cover may be swung from the closed position over the frame.

opening to an open position at one side thereof and the platform moved from a position within the frame to a horizontal position in aplane below the plane of the cover when said cover is in the closed position.

4. An ironing machine cabinet comprising a frame having an open top, a platform, a cover secured at one end to the platform in obtuse ang u lar relation thereto, and means pivotally securing the platform to the frame whereby the cover may be swung from the closed position over the frame opening to an open position at one side thereof and the platform moved from a position within the frame to a horizontal position adjacent said opening, the rear portion of said cover when in an open position, lying below, and the forward portion above, the closed position plane of said cover.

5. An ironing machine cabinet comprising a frame having an open top, a platform, a cover rigidly secured at one end to the platform at an obtuse angle thereto, means pivotally securing the platform to the frame whereby the cover may be swung from a closed position over said opening in spaced relation thereto to an open position atone side thereof and the platform moved from a position within the frame to a horizontal position adjacent said opening.

6. An ironing machine cabinet comprising a frame having an open top, a platform, a cover rigidly secured at one end to the platform in angu- 'lar relation thereto, means pivotally securing the least a portion thereof lies below the plane of the cover when closed.

7. An ironing machine cabinet comprising a frame having an open top, a platform, a cover said opening to an open position at one side thereof at least partly below the frame of the cover when closed and the platform moved from a position within the frame to a horizontal position adjacent said opening, a closure member pivotally secured to the front of the cover to ex tend from said cover to said frame, and closure members secured to the frame at the ends thereof to extend from said frame to said cover. V

8. An ironing machine cabinet comprising a frame having an open top, a platform, a cover rigidly secured at one end to the platform in angular relation thereto, means pivotally securing the platform to the frame whereby the' cover may be swung from the closed position over opening to an open position at one side thereof and .the platform moved from a position within the frame to a horizontal position adjacent said opening, closure members pivotally secured w the frame to move from a horizontal position at one side of said opening to a vertical'position beangular relation thereto, means pivotally se curing the platform to the frame whereby, the cover may be swung from the closed position over said opening to an open position at one side thereof at least partly below the plane of the cover when closed and the platform moved from a position within the frame to a horizontal position adjacent said opening, a front closure member pig-r otally secured to the cover, and end closure members pivotally secured to said frame to extend between the cover and said frame.

10. In an ironing machine cabinet, a. frame, a platform for supporting the ironing elements, a

cover for the frame operatively connected 'to' 11. In an ironing machine cabinet, a frame, a

cover for the frame, a platform for supporting the ironing elements secured to the cover for movement therewith, and means whereby said cover may be manually moved from a position covering said ironing elements to a position uncovering the same, the rear portion of said cover in the latter position lying below the plane of the cover in its closed position, while the forward portion of the cover lies above the plane thereof in its closed position.

12. In an ironing machine cabinet. a frame, a cover for the frame, a platform for supporting the ironing elements secured to said cover, side closure members pivotally secured to said frame. and means whereby upon manual movement of said cover from a position covering said ironing elements to a position uncovering the same, the ironing elements are moved into a position to be operated and said side members are moved toa position to allow free access to the ironing elements.

WALTER A. PAPWORTH. 

